Place-based Impact Investing

The Cogent team engages on behalf of our clients with local, place-specific stakeholders to collaborate on PBII initiatives. Our expertise allows us to bridge the communication divide between asset owners, asset managers, governments, and the communities they seek to serve. We bring these disparate groups together to help forge meaningful connections and engage in a way that is efficient, productive, and respectful.

We believe in the power of people. We provide culturally relevant and effective community engagement techniques to enable communities to visualize their assets and identify place-specific priorities. Our team facilitates collaborative efforts to identify and address any gaps in investment for these priorities. Once addressed, in conjunction with our clients and key stakeholders, we co-design, co-cultivate, and, as desired, co-implement strategies to generate investment opportunities for potential investors.

A healthy impact investing community, especially with a place-based lens, provides better deal flow for investors and, over time, results in a stronger, more resilient local economy.

• Ecosystem mapping, needs assessment, and gap analysis
• Strategy development for impact investing in your target market segment
• Partnership development with local champions and place-makers
• Community engagement tools, techniques, and planning